Clare an Island in the sea of confusion
February 8th, 2010 by Kevin EganMarketing gurus would probably look at the GAA starting their season up against the Six Nations and think that such madness leaves county boards with no chance of packing out their grounds. Certainly this column has often mentioned how a little bit more promotion and indeed a little better promotion from the mandarins in Croke Park certainly wouldn’t go amiss at times, but then you look at the action we were treated to at the weekend and you realise that in the main, Gaelic Games promote themselves. The light is kept under a basket, but even couch potatoes were well treated at the weekend with a wide range of top quality action on display.
The meeting of Derry and Tyrone was very hard fought, with plenty of excellent scores and fast paced play to savour, Meath and Armagh was a roller coaster ride which could have gone either way at the end, and Dublin went to Killarney and really put it up to the All Ireland champions in another very keenly fought contest. Cork and Monaghan played out an incredible shoutout up in Ulster, while there were plenty of other tense finishes and strong performances to savour all over the country.